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education is the only solution. education first. thank you. [ applause ] >> long before she spoke to the united nations, she was a student at her father's school for girls, she dreamed of becoming a doctor and the taliban outlawed girls' education, she became an activist and then a taliban target and how she came to be known to the taliban, and to the world, had a lot to do with adam who was a "new york times" reporter and produced documentaries of malala and her father going back to 2001 and, adam, thank you for joining us. you've known this family now for some time and you had to reassess your role and reassess what you brought to the attention of the world after your association with this family. can you discuss that a bit? >> yes, for sure. thank you for having me. when i first discovered malala in 2009, at the time she had only a anonymous blog on the bbc website in her native tongue and i did not know that when i met her. i met her through a pakistani journalist and documentary that i made about here for the "new york times,"
education is the only solution. education first. thank you. [ applause ] >> long before she spoke to the united nations, she was a student at her father's school for girls, she dreamed of becoming a doctor and the taliban outlawed girls' education, she became an activist and then a taliban target and how she came to be known to the taliban, and to the world, had a lot to do with adam who was a "new york times" reporter and produced documentaries of malala and her father going...
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we need more education about the debt ceiling education, many of us have questions and confusion about the term and what it means to the economy is and us, our personal economies. joining us is professor peter morici, economist at the smith school of business, to help us get through the answers. >> people toss the language around as though we understand it. we want to make it clear what we are talking about so all of us can get a bit of education on this. we have given you frequently asked questions - the first one - what is the debt ceiling? >> it's a statutory limit on the amount of u.s. bonds that may be outstanding. each year the government borrows money, adding to the debt. there's a statutory limit as to how much that debt can be. >> we say deficit debt, they are not interchangeable terms. >> the deficit is how much is taken in each year. the debt is the accumulation of that over all years. >> question number two - there's a lot of misconinterpretation about this - who holds this debt? i hear often people say the chinese hold all of our debt. is that true? >> no, there's $17 bill
we need more education about the debt ceiling education, many of us have questions and confusion about the term and what it means to the economy is and us, our personal economies. joining us is professor peter morici, economist at the smith school of business, to help us get through the answers. >> people toss the language around as though we understand it. we want to make it clear what we are talking about so all of us can get a bit of education on this. we have given you frequently...
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which brings child care and meals and early education to a million kids across the nation. it saw the budget drastically reduced by the sequester. michael traveled to texas to a vibrant community that depends on head start. >> we started our journey miles from the mexican border. a sleepy farming town the locals call a city with a heart. by daybreak a 2 24-year-old nate of guatemala is getting her kids ready and like most mornings is waiting to are a phone call. it's 20 past 7:00 do you know you are going to work today. >> no yesterday they said they were going to call me today if there was more work to do. and they were going to see if they had another piece of land to work in. she is a migrant farmer. and to lady a ringing telephone could be a got god send. a chance to go out and work the fields for $ $7 an hour. before she can even consider taking that call. there is a send off for her two-year-old daughter britney who is about to embark on a journey of her own. britney is getting through her first week of pre-school and she is not accustomed to being away from mom. the
which brings child care and meals and early education to a million kids across the nation. it saw the budget drastically reduced by the sequester. michael traveled to texas to a vibrant community that depends on head start. >> we started our journey miles from the mexican border. a sleepy farming town the locals call a city with a heart. by daybreak a 2 24-year-old nate of guatemala is getting her kids ready and like most mornings is waiting to are a phone call. it's 20 past 7:00 do you...
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. >> reporter: he is the education director at healing hands for haiti. a nonprofit that offers pros prosthetic limbs for those who need them. >> there is also a cultural matter in haiti, only the strong. if you have a handicap you are done. they throw you away. >> reporter: handicap international came in with a partnership that saved their program and created a successful model for how international aid can hell haitians solve a haitian problem. >> translator: when we arrived in haiti after the earthquake, there were no professional rehabilitation services. so there was an urgent need to bring in specialists from overseas. >> reporter: the partnership built this new center, training local staff to replace the foreign specialists. moisi has an appointment to get a new prosthetic. >> every day he grows -- >> reporter: which is good except the prosthetic is not growing. yes. so he needs a new one every six months. >> reporter: he is growing quickly, and when they try the new prosthetic, it needs a new adjustments. when they come back, a second fit is a bett
. >> reporter: he is the education director at healing hands for haiti. a nonprofit that offers pros prosthetic limbs for those who need them. >> there is also a cultural matter in haiti, only the strong. if you have a handicap you are done. they throw you away. >> reporter: handicap international came in with a partnership that saved their program and created a successful model for how international aid can hell haitians solve a haitian problem. >> translator: when we...
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. >> joseph is the education director at healing hands for haiti, a nonprofit offering prosthetic winds that need them, providing 1200 since the earthquake. doctor rudolph lalanne is on the board. >> there is a peripheral matter. only the strong survive. if you have any kind of handicap, you are done. they throw you away. >> the earthquake destroyed healing hands for haiti facilities. that's when ngo, handicap international came in with a partnership saving their program. and created a successful model for how international aid can help hatians solve a haitian problem. >> patrick is the program director. >> translation: when we arrived at haiti after the earthquake there were no professional rehabilitation services. there was an urgent need to bring in specialists from overseas. >> the partnership built the new center in port-au-prince, training local staff to replace the foreign specialists. moise metellus has an appointment to be fitted with a new prosthetic. the boy sizes up what will be his now left foot, before the doctor comes in. >> translation: we give him the best possible in 2
. >> joseph is the education director at healing hands for haiti, a nonprofit offering prosthetic winds that need them, providing 1200 since the earthquake. doctor rudolph lalanne is on the board. >> there is a peripheral matter. only the strong survive. if you have any kind of handicap, you are done. they throw you away. >> the earthquake destroyed healing hands for haiti facilities. that's when ngo, handicap international came in with a partnership saving their program. and...